Police to implement Robbery Intervention Detail

The Shreveport Police Department will be putting additional
officers out on the street to specifically target those violent criminals who
would commit armed robberies.

As we move into the holiday season, historically Shreveport
has seen increases in some crimes, including armed robberies. While the total
number of robberies reported through the end of October has seen a 7% decrease
this year when compared to the same time period in 2012; the Robbery
Intervention Detail is being called into action as part of a continuous and
proactive effort to reduce the number of those crimes we see occurring in our
city.

Working towards that goal, officers throughout the
department will be hitting the streets this fall as part of R.I.D., or Robbery
Intervention Detail, to systematically target areas of Shreveport where there
is traditionally heavy retail traffic. R.I.D. will focus on several different
facets of robbery prevention and investigation, including community liaison
officers visiting with business owners and management regarding robbery
prevention training, plain clothes investigators conducting surveillance or
other types of undercover operations, intelligence gathering, and marked patrol
units saturating areas to further dissuade any would be robbers. While there
have been similar operations in previous years, R.I.D. officers will be relying
on tactics that have worked well in the past and employing new strategies as
well.

Any business owner or manager that would like officers to
come out and put on a free armed robbery prevention seminar for employees is
urged to call the Shreveport Police Department’s Community Oriented Policing
Bureau at 318-673-6950.